Why Don't We Lose Ear Or Nose Hair?

August 27, 2005|By Jim Shea

According to an article I recently read, your hair grows about an inch every two months.

At that rate, it would take me about two years to look like Johnny Damon.

Damon, of course, plays centerfield for the Red Sox. He is often mistaken for a major religious figure, although it can be argued that in New England, anyone who plays centerfield for the Red Sox is a major religious figure.

For the record, I have no plans to copy Damon's hairstyle, mainly because if my hair got that long I would not look like Damon or a major religious figure. I would look like Emmylou Harris.

The fact that your hair only grows about an inch every two months is kind of surprising, because if you go for that long without getting it cut, it looks and feels like it has gotten a lot longer.

I need to discuss this with Big Wave Dave, my barber.

I'm thinking maybe I can work out a new deal where instead of a flat rate, he charges me by the quarter inch.

This wouldn't be that radical a step, given that I'm pretty sure some of the guys I see walking into Big Wave's shop must be paying by the strand.

Another thing I learned from the hair article is that there are different kinds of body hair, including one type called ``terminal'' hair.

Terminal hairs tend to be large and dark, and one would assume just trying to make the best of whatever time they have left.

I guess one could probably call men afflicted with terminal-hair loss dead heads, but there are probably more sensitive descriptions.